Paper-bag holder



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

W. H. ASHTON.

' PAPER BAG HOLDER.

No. 288,967. Patented Nov. 27, 1883 (No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 2.

W. H. ASHTON.

PAPER BAG HOLDER No. 288,967. Patented Nov. 27, 1883.

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PAPER-BAG l-IOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

288,967, dated November .27, 1882,

Application filed October 1, 1883. (No modelJ To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLLii-t H. ASHTON, of Seward, in the county of Seward and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Bag Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bag-holder when not in use. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the same when in use. Fig. 3 shows the frame-work with the divisionplates or followers removed.

The object of my invention is more particularly to furnish a convenient means for holding the different sized paper bags used by grocers and others; and it consists in the combination of devices hereinafter explained and claimed.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the exact manner in which I have carried it out.

In the drawings, A represents a frame-work provided with the base B and the parallelvertical rods 0, secured to the base and reaching to the top of the frame. The frame itself I prefer making tapering toward the top, as shown in the drawings, to accommodate the division-plates or followers D, which gradually diminish in size from the bottom to the top one, so that when the division-plates or followers are all filled with bags they will fit snugly between the sides aof the frame, as

shown in Fig. 2. The parallel rods 0 are secured by any suitable means to the base and frame, and at a distance of about one inch from the latter, so as to allow the division-plates or followers to readily slide up and down the rods, each shelf being perforated near its rear end to receive the rods, which pass through them, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. These rods may be made of a single piece, bent at the top, as shown in the drawings, and the bentportion rising above the framework affordsa convenient means for suspending the twineholder E. The division-plates or followersD are attached to each other and to the base B by the rubber straps F, fastened on each side of the divisionplates or followers, and also at their rear side, whereby the division plates or followers are held in place and the bags kept in order ready for use. I do not confine myself to any particular size or number of division-plates or followers, as they may be varied to suitthe demands of the trade.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The frame A, provided with the base 13 and parallel rods O, in combination with the vertically-sliding division-plates or followers D, connected by the straps F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM HENRY ASHTON.

Vitnesses:

' EDWIN A. POLLEY,

ABNER Y. DAVIS. 

